Chapter 210: A Challenge
The short and straightforward speech made the atmosphere in the hall rather uncomfortable.
The culprit did not know that his words were quite arrogant for these people. But Heero was just being honest with his words.
But the people in the hall who heard his words thought differently. To them, his words sounded arrogant.
Especially for the other Hero Instructors, Heero's words sounded extremely arrogant.
Heero's words implied that Emperor Class Heroes were easy to train. Even though they were displeased, none of them could refute Heero's claim.
Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata had just been promoted to Emperor Class Hero. Two disciples at once, his achievement could not be diminished.
Still, Heero's words hurt the pride of the Hero Instructors. It was as if they were incompetent in their job.
The awed look suddenly turned hostile. The Hero Instructors looked uncomfortably at Heero, who was about to step down from the platform.
He had just accepted his position as Chief of Hero Instructors, but he was already making enemies.
No one applauded Heero's speech until a woman in red began.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
Kang Seo-Yeon was the first to clap. Later, Hong Yu, Han Ying and Bai Xin Yue followed suit.
Only then did the hall fill with applause and cheers.
Han Ying was truly happy for her husband. She never thought that one day she would have a husband of such high status.
Tears welled up in her eyes, but she managed to hold them back. She did not want her tears to fall at this happy moment.
It was the same for Hong Yu, her hands trembled with excitement as she clapped her hands. She knew that her husband was amazing, but to see it with her eyes was something completely different.
As for Bai Xin Yue, this was something she had expected.
Heero avoided the line of Bai Xin Yue's eyes as he turned her gaze to his two wives. He approached them and hugged them with a broad smile.
"How is my speech? It's amazing, isn't it?" He whispered to the two women in a pleased tone.
"Huhuhu... Of course you are amazing, whose husband are you~?" Hong Yu replied with a broad smile.
Han Ying smiled softly and said in a low voice, "You are wonderful! I will reward you well tonight~"
Bai Xin Yue's cheeks flushed as she heard the whisper. The gentle Han Ying she knew was not so bold after all. As someone who had been single for 26 years of her life, she was thin-skinned in this matter.
After Han Ying and Hong Yu, Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata came to congratulate Heero. Sun Zhou Yi gave his usual bear hug, while Musashi Hirata nodded with his unusual gentle smile.
After a simple ceremony, the coronation continued with the banquet.
The servants, dressed in black and white, swarmed into the hall. They had prepared all the food and wine for the banquet. This event was held so that the newly promoted Heroes and Hero Instructors could meet the guests.
Sure enough, as soon as the banquet began, the guests swarmed towards Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata.
They congratulated the two of them while some of the guests came over to Heero.
Six old men, three of them in traditional Japanese dress and three in formal suits, approached Heero. They had smiles on their faces.
Two girls followed closely behind the six old men. Bai Shuang'er walked behind her grandfather and Kang Seo-Yeon also followed her grandfather.
The three old men in kimonos scanned Heero slowly, while the other three old men looked at Heero with broad smiles.
Heero recognised the three smiling old men as Bai Xian Ming, Kang Myung-Chul and Long Bin. He had met Kang Myung-Chul once, while Long Bin and Bai Xian Ming were famous figures in Star City.
As for the other three old men, he did not recognise them. As the three old men scanned him, he scanned them back.
From the outfits of the three old men, he could guess that the three old men were Japanese. They had the same root as Sun Zhou Yi.
When their eyes met, Heero smiled and nodded at the three old men.
"Let me introduce them to you! They are the grandfather and the great-uncle of your second disciple! Musashi Osada, Musashi Ueno and Musashi Noboru! They are part of The Elder!" Bai Xian Ming introduced the old men from left to right.
"Hello, I'm Xing Heero, Musashi Hirata's master~," Heero looked at the three old men politely.
The three old men had the same long white hair, but they had a distinct difference.
Musashi Ueno, the old man in the middle, had no beard, his face was clean and full of wrinkles. His mouth curved upwards as his eyes met Heero's.
Musashi Osada was an old man with a long white beard. He had a calm expression and small eyes. In fact, the old man looked as if he had no eyes at all.
The last one, Musashi Noboru, the old man who always had a mischievous smile on his face. It was a kind of mischievous smile, as if he had found an amusing toy when he looked at Heero.
"Congratulations! I never thought we would have to create a new position just for you!" Long Bin, the old man who had become the referee for the main event of Fighter Anteriority.
Congratulating Heero, he offered his hand. Heero shook the old man's hand
"My name is Long Bin! You can call me Grandpa Long, just like Old Man Bai's little girl called me!"
A smile crept out of Long Bin's mouth as he looked at Bai Xin Yue, who was being surrounded by the other guests. The old man had misunderstood their relationship after the kissing incident.
Long Bin didn't give Heero a chance to argue as he patted Heero's shoulder, "Thank you for your contribution! Without you, the damage would be greater and more people would lose their families!"
Long Bing was talking about the specter horde that had attacked the north gate. He was grateful that Heero had made his move to save the city.
Heero started to reply, but the old man pulled him into a light hug and whispered, "Young man, you should treat Xin Yue well, if not, you will not only face Old Bai's wrath, but my wrath as well".
Long Bin did not threaten Heero, he said it as a joke.
After that, he let the astonished Heero go. He let him meet another old man, Kang Myung-Chul.
Kang Myung-Chul had gentle eyes and a gentle smile.
"Young man~ We meet again~," a soft tone came out of Kang Myung-Chul's mouth.
"Hello, mnnn..." Although they had met before, Heero forgot the old man's name.
He recognised the old man, Kang Dong-Woo's and Kang Myung-Hee's grandfather. But he forgot his name.
"Haha... You can call me Grandpa Myung-Chul~ Just like Seo-Yeon calls me~," Kang Myung-Chul let out a hearty laugh.
He was not at all upset, even though Heero had forgotten him.
"Thank you~ You saved my granddaughters once, now you gave them a new home and even taught my grandson some skills! I hope you can treat them well, especially my granddaughters... Hahaha..."
Old Myung-Chul laughed with his mouth wide open.
He said to treat his "granddaughters", not his granddaughter.
Heero was not that stupid, he understood what Old Man Myung-Chul meant. It seemed that he also had some kind of misunderstanding.
Afterwards, Heero talked to a group of old men. He looked at his students and thought to himself.
'Why am I the only one surrounded by old men...'
In the presence of a Senior Hero Instructor, The Chief of Executive and The Elder, no other force dared to approach Heero.
Later, Hong Yu and Han Ying also joined the conversation. They treated those old men as if they were their own grandfather.
These old men also treated Heero's women well. But Musashi Hirata's grandfather and great-uncle only listened from the side.
Even they said nothing, their eyes never leaving Heero.
Later, the talkative Bai Shuang'er also joined the conversation, making the atmosphere lively.
But the lively atmosphere did not last long when Musashi Hirata's great-uncle opened his mouth.
"Arghh... Let's not wait any longer, I'm so impatient to try it!" An old man's voice sounded with an impudent tone. The playful Musashi Noboru broke the harmony of the group.
"Young man! Where did you learn the sword technique of our Musashi Clan?" Musashi Osada pressed his tone and asked.
"Who told you our secret techniques? Did you steal the out secret technique from Musashi Hirata?" Musashi Ueno pressed Heero with his deep tone while still smiling.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Don't scare him! Let's test him first! I am curious how strong he is to stop a horde of specters alone. Let me fight him! Let me fight him!" Musashi Noboru challenged Heero playfully.
The voice of the three old men was quite loud. All the guests in the hall could hear them. Soon, the group attracted the attention of the others.
The Sword Lunatic Trio, the title given to three old men in their prime for challenging almost all heroes and rankers of the same rank to fight them.
This is how they came to be known as the Trio Sword Lunatics. Now, the Trio Sword Lunatic challenged the newly appointed Chief Hero Instructor, Xing Heero.
Everyone in the hall looked in the same direction, intrigued by the Trio's challenge.
They were also intrigued by Heero's strength, hoping to see Heero's strength with their own eyes, as the footage could not satisfy their curiosity about Heero.
The joyful atmosphere was immediately shattered by the challenge of Sword Lunatic Trio. The harmonious ceremony turned into a heated challenge.
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